Weather again affected the Skaneateles wrestling team when its scheduled match against Cazenovia on Friday got postponed. However, it was clear on Saturday for the annual Laker Duals as Skaneateles would finish second in the four-team field, topping Auburn and Fayetteville-Manlius, but losing to Chittenango. The Lakers had no trouble with Auburn, crushing the Maroons 58-24. Six different times, Auburn had to forfeit matches, but Skaneateles did enough on the mat to ensure a comfortable margin. Neil Ruggles, at 160 pounds, had the quickest pin, finishing off James Murtari in 1:58 as Jon Leubner (152 pounds) pinned Brandon Fromel in 2:44 and Jacob Valentino (145 pounds) pinned Tom Campagnola with 50 seconds left. Up at 119 pounds, Tyler Saunders beat Tom Hundley in a third-period technical fall, with Josh Biles (96 pounds), Brad Ditch (103 pounds), Kevin Pembridge (140 pounds), Jacob Brillo (171 pounds), Chris Wise (189 pounds) and Conor Rourke (215 pounds) each claiming forfeits. More competition was found in the Lakers’ match against F-M, but it still beat the Hornets 47-33 by dominating the higher weight classes, winning every match from 152 pounds upward. Brillo took just 47 seconds to pin Sean O’Brian as Wise earned his fall over Jordan Kalil in 2:09. Leubner, Rourke and Garrett Navaroli (285 pounds) claimed forfeits, while Ruggles worked hard for a 7-5 victory over Angelo Pavone. Pembridge wrestled this time and took 3:29 to earn a technical fall over Jon Hajduk. Brillo again got a forfeit, but Tyler Saunders battled his way past Jake Norton 6-3. So it led to the final between Skaneateles and Chittenango. Despite some real individual highlights, the Lakers lost to the Bears 47-31. A great 140-pound showdown saw Pembridge, in a possible post-season preview (both are ranked in the top five in Division II in this weight class), work his way past John Regan 2-1. By contrast, Valentino dominated Alex Carter 15-4 and Ruggles, in 59 seconds, pinned Corey Wilmer. Navaroli, Wise and Brillo all won with forfeits, but Chittenango could afford to give up those matches because it won everything from 103 to 135 pounds, including Brillo’s narrow 10-9 defeat to Will Young. Aside from making up the Cazenovia meet, Skaneateles also meets Marcellus and Jordan-Elbridge this week, plus competes in Saturday’s OHSL Liberty/Patriot division championships.